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by Diana » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:07 am
That is the one I use.
Sold as a sheep wormer.
Read the fine print, mine says:
Each tablet contains .184 grams of levamisole hydrochloride activity.
I grind these and separate into small piles (feeling like a druggie might, I suppose, with my razor blade...) then put each dose in a coffee filter paper rubber banded closed.
To add it to the tank (I only use one tank for medications, with a filter that is easily accessable ) I set it in the place where the water is flowing through the filter.
To get 2 mg active ingredient per liter (Thanks to Sharie's article) of tank water I figured that one tablet = 62 liters.
The math:
.184 grams = 184 miligrams.
184 divided by 2 = 62 liters.
Tanks are often measured in gallons. There are approximately 4 liters in one gallon.
The American gallon is a bit smaller, there is closer to 3.8 liters per American gallon.
The Imperial gallon is larger, there is something closer to 4.5 liters in an Imperial gallon.
Remember also that whatever the tank is called (10 gallon, 45 gallon...) may not really be how much water is in there.
Measure the inside of the tank in whatever units you want, then subtract as much as 10% if you have deep substrate or a lot of large rocks as decorations.
If you measure it all in inches:
L x W x H divided by 231 = American gallons
If you measured it all in feet (no inches)
L x W x H x 7.5 = American gallons.
Example:
42" long, 16" wide, 15" deep =
42" x 16" x 15" = 10,080 cubic inches, then divide by 231 = 43.6 gallons.
OR
3.5' x 1.33' x 1.25' = 5.9 cubic feet, then x 7.5 = 43.6 gallons.
Subtract something for decoration (unless it is a bare bones tank), this one might have closer to 40 gallons in it. If you have a large filter or sump this has to be counted as volume that you are medicating, too.
40 American gallons x 3.8 liters per gallon = 152 liters
38 tanks, 2 ponds over 4000 liters of water to keep clean and fresh.
Happy fish keeping!
Levamisole Hydrochloride is a broad-spectrum anthelmintic and is effective against the following nematode infections in swine:Large Roundworms: (Ascaris suum). Nodular Worms: (Oesophagostomum spp.) Lungworms: (Metastrongylus spp.) Intestinal Threadworms: (Strongyloides ransomi.) For use in drinking water. 